Parshat Lech Lecha

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God calls Abraham to leave his homeland for Canaan. Covers Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, the separation from Lot, the war of the kings, and the covenant between the pieces. Genesis 12:1-17:27.

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 20

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 20

"And it was on the day that Moses had finished to erect the tabernacle" (Numbers 7:1). This is [the meaning of] that which was stated by the verse (Song of Songs 4:16), "Awake, O n...

Sacrifice

Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 22

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Nasso 22

"And it was on the day that Moses had finished" (Numbers 7:1). Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said, "The Holy One, blessed be He, made conditions with Israel before they left Egypt, that ...

Moses

Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 3

(Numb. 16:1:) “Now Korah […] took.” [What] he took [was] his prayer shawl and he went to get counsel from his wife.11Numb. R. 18:4. When the Holy One, blessed be He, said (in Numb....

Judgment

Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 8

(Numb. 16:23–24:) “And the Lord spoke […], ‘Speak unto the congregation, saying, “Get away from about [the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram].”’” Although Moses heard it from t...

Moses

Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 9

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Korach 9

(Numb. 16:31:) “Then it came to pass, as soon as he had finished speaking […, that the ground under them was split apart].” [This is] to teach you He causes retribution to spring u...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Chukat 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Chukat 2

Question:16This section is taken virtually verbatim from the Aramaic text of the She’eltot of Ahai of Shabha (d. ca. 762), Mattot, 137. Are those of the House of Israel obligated t...

SacrificeHolidays

Midrash Tanchuma, Chukat 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Chukat 3

(Numb. 19:2:) “This is the statute of the Torah.” This text is related (to Job 14:4), “Who can produce something clean out of something unclean; is it not One?”32English translatio...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Chukat 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Chukat 4

(Numb. 19:2:) “This is the statute of the Torah.” R. Tanhum bar Hanila'i opened [his discourse] (with Ps. 12:7), “The sayings of the Lord are pure sayings.”36Lev. R. 26:1; PRK 4:2;...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Chukat 9

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Chukat 9

(Numb. 20:7-8:) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses saying, ‘Take the rod... and you shall provide the congregation and their cattle with water.” From here it is shown that the Holy On...

Covenant